The People v. Buckman

Plaintiff in error, Rogers Buckman, was indicted, with Raymond Banks, by the September, 1933, grand jury in Cook county. They were charged with larceny of an automobile, the property of Shadwick A. Barry and Marion Barry, co-owners, and were found guilty by a jury November 22, 1933, in the criminal court. On January 8, 1934, Buckman was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from one to twenty years. The case is here by writ of error.

Buckman urges that the evidence does not support the verdict. He contends that the People failed to prove the co-ownership of the automobile as alleged in…